Latest supermarket news – Page 153
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NewsNational Food Strategy will bring ‘tsunami’ of new taxes
The government-commissioned report called for a £3/kg tax on sugar and a £6/kg tax on salt
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NewsMorrisons’ For Farmers produce range hits £20m mark
Morrisons first launched its For Farmers range in 2015
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NewsLidl sets 2022 carbon neutral target, including new climate expectations for suppliers
Lidl will ’oblige suppliers’ to develop and work to their own targets, it said
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NewsAmazon hires Tesco veteran Tony Hoggett to head up physical stores operation
Hoggett took on a new role as chief strategy & innovation officer at Tesco in April
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NewsM&S teams up with ITV for celebrity cooking show
Participants in ITV’s ‘Cooking with the Stars’ will use M&S ingredients
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NewsTesco Express and Co-op closing stores early on Sunday so staff can watch Euros final
Meanwhile Lidl has said stores will open an hour later on Monday morning if England wins
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NewsSainsbury’s shrugs off inflationary pressures to hike profits expectations
Sainsbury’s has hiked its profit expectations for the full year despite pledging action on price and mounting inflationary pressures following better-than-expected sales in the first quarter
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NewsSainsbury’s adds fully electric carbon-friendly trailers to its fleet
The five new electric fridges don’t release carbon emissions or particulate matter such as dirt and smoke
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NewsTesco to offer job support to young people as survey reveals decline in optimism
Tesco has committed to helping over 45,000 youngsters build essential skills to be able to access job opportunitie
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NewsLidl encourages shoppers to make 'healthier swaps'
The trial involved on-shelf signage pointing customers to ‘a range of healthier alternative products that are easy to make and at the same price or less’
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NewsGovernment considering relaxation of EU immigration rules to tackle driver shortage
The government is understood to be edging closer to adding HGV drivers to the post-Brexit skills shortage occupation list
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NewsHenry Dimbleby: Food industry ‘disappointed’ by lack of National Food Strategy briefing
Dimbleby was expected to deliver a 40-minute presentation on the contents of the report at the FDSC meeting
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NewsTesco suppliers face new costs due to driver shortage
Tesco wrote to suppliers to say an additional 14% surcharge will apply on distribution rates
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NewsKFC’s Meghan Farren to join Asda as chief customer officer
Farren will join Asda in October and is replacing Anna-Maree Shaw, who left in January
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NewsOcado deploys lorry drivers to help struggling suppliers
The business has also increased stock levels to shore up availability amid the ongoing lorry driver shortage
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s upgrades earnings on strong Q1 sales
Sainsbury’s has raised its full year profits expectations after posting growth in its first quarter despite ’exceptionally tough comparatives’.
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NewsM&S to sell 25p banana bundles to reduce food waste
Boxes will contain extra ripe three bananas and two recipe cards
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NewsSainsbury’s to invest £50m in cutting prices across fresh, meat and dairy
The retailer said 60 of its core popular products are set to drop in price by the end of the month
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NewsMowi posts strong performance since Sainsbury’s launch, new data suggests
The global seafood company’s consumer brand launched a trio of Scottish-farmed salmon products into Sainsbury’s back in March
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NewsCity snapshot: Morrisons shares surge on prospect of bidding war
Morrisons shares have jumped more than 11% this morning on the prospect of a bidding war for the UK’s fourth largest grocer after it accepted a £6.3bn offer over the weekend.